Loaded Caprese Grilled Cheese

Father’s Day is around the corner and whether the baby is here by then or not, I would love to get something for Lou to celebrate him. 🙂 But like what do I get him, a tie? Such a dad gift.

It’s crazy that we’ve spent our entire lives giving our own parents gifts on Mother’s/Father’s Day and now these holidays are for us too. We are essentially parents (we just haven’t met our kid yet). Wild.

So if you have any ideas for a good “dad” gift, let me know. Lou got me a massage and facial for Mother’s Day which was a combination of being super sweet and thoughtful and wanting me to go one night without asking him to rub my shoulders. 😉

What Lou does love is food. I’ve been making this Loaded Caprese Grilled Cheese all the time and he’s a huge fan. The inspo came from this tomato butter and pesto that I had from Nuts.com. It then evolved into a major sandwich with balsamic glazed mushrooms and onions and fresh mozzarella. It’s ridiculously good! Take a look at the video below to see how simple it is to make! And send me your best Father’s Day gift ideas 🙂

Loaded Caprese Grilled Cheese

2018-06-05 17:14:29

Serves 1

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon of olive oil

1 1/2 cups of sliced mushrooms

1/2 small onion, chopped

1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar

2 slices of bread

3 slices of fresh mozzarella

additional coconut or olive oil

tomato butter (ours is from nuts.com)

pesto

Instructions

In a medium pan drizzle olive oil over medium heat

add the mushrooms and sauté until they begin to soften

add the diced onion and sauté

when the onions begin to soften, add the balsamic vinegar and cook until reduced and the onion is caramelized.

Set balsamic caramelized onions and mushrooms aside to cool.

drizzle oil on one side of each slice of bread. Place the oil side face down.

Spread pesto on one slice of bread and tomato butter on on the other.

Place three slices of mozzarella on top of the pesto slice

Place spoonfuls of the onions and mushrooms on top of the tomato butter slice, creating an even layer.

Place the mozzarella pesto half on top of the mushrooms and onion half to form the sandwich.

Cook in a pan over medium high heat, and grill on each side until browned.

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